Language leads us together
http://faculty.tamuc.edu/jthompson/536
Presentation for TAMU-Commerce Social Change Conference on Thursday, 02/23/2023 @ 10am in RSC Innovation B
Language leads us together. We learn to talk through interaction with our earliest caregivers. They don't just teach us words, but the ways words work. All this early language acquisition shapes the ways we think about ourselves and the world. Some experience language that defines and restricts them, becoming an “us versus them” mentality. Others experience early language as an avenue to explore and experience sameness and differences.
'Blackbird' Sung In Mi'kmaq Seeks To Raise Awareness Of Indigenous Language
Early Language
A story of early language acquisition, a lullaby heard in the night, across the world, over the equator, and into the jungle
What's your story? How did language come to you? What was your early language environment like?
Dr. Brené Brown. 2021. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience. Random House. https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/
The Talk Gap
Serve and Return
Center on the Developing Child. 2019. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/serve-and-return/
Faith Ringgold reads her 1991 children's book Tar Beach.
Dr. Brené Brown. 2021. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience. Random House. https://brenebrown.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/
